I am a poet. And I travel. Well, perhaps less so right now, but hopefully this is just temporary … My poetry travels too – between Polish and English (sometimes it gets transla
I started learning German at school at the age of thirteen, and chose to study it at A-level because it seemed like most other people were taking French, and I wanted to do somethi
I was a voracious reader when growing up, I always had a book (or several) in my hand, I was reading in any and every situation, sometimes after lights out against my parents’ wi
Lars Saabye Christensen is one of the defining voices of contemporary Nordic literature and a much-loved author in his native Norway. Best known for his highly acclaimed novels Bea
The third episode of The Polka Podcast is now available to list on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, but also on YouTube and Amazon Music. Part 1: Polish poetry now Our guest, Piotr Florczy
There are times of departureswhen you abandon places likeclock that loses time and headstowards other destinations, whenthe sun unrolls the earth fromclouds that let you face it, g
I am delighted to share a translated excerpt from Kaśka Bryla’s latest novel, mein vater der gulag die krähe und ich / ‘my father the gulag the crow and me’ (Residenz, 2025
A disclaimer first – I have just translated an extensive extract from this novel. And, as always happens, translating forced me to read deeply, perhaps more deeply that I would h
The second episode of The Polka Podcast is now available to list on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, but also on YouTube and Amazon Music. Part 1 of the episode focuses on main literature
1.Saint Sabina of Brzeg, Kolomyia, Sniatyn, Łapy, Tobolsk,whose ID said your place of birth was Sniatyn in the USSR, even though when you were born there was no USSRand the ruler
